The model of the "loving critic"--someone sufficiently serious to study his or her institution, and sufficiently dedicated to become expert in the art of modifying it--should inspire us as we consider the proposed Code of Ethics for the Society of American Foresters. Does the proposal go far enough? Have we tested the nuances of the language against our beliefs? Have we asked how nonmembers will interpret it? How far into the 21st century will this code be our guidepost? Lacking good answers to such questions, I fear we have not yet given due consideration to what is arguably SAF's most important document. Far too few of us have been involved in the revision process--certainly not enough to provide the serious introspection that loving critics must apply to their profession.

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